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The Kinks - Sudden Fame

The Kinks - Sudden Fame

Channel 149-4

Episode date -
October 27, 2017

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After going through the usual trials and tribulations that most groups encountered while attempting to become well known, the Kinks found themselves thrust into the limelight at lightning quick speed, all on the heels of releasing “You Really Got Me”.

Suddenly, the band found themselves in competition with superstar acts like the Beatles, while reveling in the lifestyle that such fame presents to a group of young men not quite prepared for such adulation. This episode tells the s tory of that adjustment.